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Vizzy

Vijaya Anand (Rajkumar of Vizianagram)

Born: 28 December 1905, Benares (now Varanasi), Uttar Pradesh
Died: 2 December 1965, Benares (now Varanasi), Uttar Pradesh
Major Teams: Maharaj Kumar of Vizianagram's XI, United Province, India.
Known As: Vizzy
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat


Test Debut: India v England at Lord's, 1st Test, 1936
Latest Test:
India v England at The Oval, 3rd Test, 1936

Career Statistics:

TESTS
 (including 15/08/1936)
                      M    I  NO  Runs   HS     Ave 100  50   Ct  St
Batting & Fielding    3    6   2    33   19*   8.25   0   0    1   0

                      O      M     R    W    Ave   BBI    5  10    SR  Econ
Bowling               -      -     -    -    -     -      -   -    -    -

FIRST-CLASS
 (1930/31 - 1935/36)
                      M    I  NO  Runs   HS     Ave 100s   Ct  St
Batting & Fielding   47   73   7  1228   77   18.60    0   18   0

                       R    W    Ave   BBI    5  10
Bowling              139    4  34.75  1-1     0   0

- Explanations of First-Class and List A status courtesy of the ACS.


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Profile:

Better known as `Vizzy', the Maharajah of Vizianagram takes his place as one of the most colourful and controversial characters in the history of Indian cricket. A great patron of the game in the late twenties and thirties, `Vizzy' used his personal wealth to get legendary cricketers like Jack Hobbs and Herbert Sutcliffe to play in India. His immense wealth and interest in the game saw him rise to be an influential figure in Indian cricket circles in the thirties, enough for him to be appointed captain of the Indian team which toured England in 1936, though `Vizzy', truth to tell, was not even at the first class level as a player. He failed in all the Tests, and the tour was one of the unhappiest by an Indian team anywhere. The team was badly divided, the lack of team spirit showed on the field and in events off it and `Vizzy' clearly overplayed his hand in sending back Lala Amarnath, the team's outstanding all rounder back to India on disciplinary grounds. During the tour however he received his knighthood. A rather small, bespectacled and plumpish figure, `Vizzy' was the favourite of caricaturists.

Not unexpectedly, the enquiry instituted to go into the disastrous tour came down heavily on `Vizzy' and for a long time he maintained a low profile. In the fifties, however he was back on the scene as a politician, broadcaster, BCCI president and long time administrator of the game in Uttar Pradesh. It was largely because of his influence that Kanpur was made a Test centre.(Partab Ramchand)


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